Primary election ends today on North Olympic Peninsula

Peninsula Daily News

The primary election for federal, state and some county offices ends today after about 2 ½ weeks of voting, primarily by mail.

There is no precinct voting today in either Clallam County or Jefferson County; last-minute mailed ballots must be postmarked with today’s date to count in the primary.

In addition, voters can deliver their sealed ballots to the following locations by 8 p.m.:

Clallam County

• In the Auditor’s Office in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

• Outside the courthouse, in a drop box on the semicircular driveway on Fourth Street.

• At Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing office, 1001 E. Washington St., Sequim.

• In the lobby of Forks District Court, 502 E. Division St., Forks.

Clallam County voters who have not received ballots or who lost them can get ballots by going to the Auditor’s Office at the Clallam County Courthouse or by phoning 360-417-2221.

The Clallam County Auditor’s Office received 2,134 additional ballots, bringing the total number of returned ballots to 16,459 of the 45,796 mailed.

Ballots received today and in the mail Wednesday with an Aug. 17 postmark will be counted Friday.

Jefferson County

• Last-minute ballots can be returned to the Auditor’s Office in the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.

Replacement ballots are available at the county courthouse; information is available by phoning 360-395-9117.

Countywide, 9,030 ballots had been returned as of Monday out of 21,705 mailed.

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